I am a BIG FAN of Wordpress for creating websites. I love the fact that you can literally have your site up and running in less than 5 minutes and then change the entire look of the site in a matter of seconds with custom theme templates.
Now I have purchased many themes over the last couple of years and have joined several “Template Clubs” to have access to their entire collection of themes. But of all themes I have purchased in the past, there was no perfect one that I had found that really looked great and was already setup to monetize the entire site. Well I finally found one!
Carl Ocab (also known as the Kidblogger) has come out with one of the best Wordpress themes I have seen so far. Not only is the look very clean and professional, but it also comes with 6 different color layouts that you can change with one click of your mouse. He did an outstanding job with his ad placements throughout the site as well. You can tell he took a lot of time and consideration figuring out where the best places would be to get the most ad visibility and click throughs.
I am also a huge fan of the 3 box widgets at the top of the site and the subscription boxes he designed. They look great and it is easy for visitors to sign-up for your newsletter and/or RSS feed. He set the entire theme up so it is extremely easy to customize as well.
As for the pricing, it is pretty reasonable. You can purchase the theme for $67 for a single-use license, meaning you can only use it on 1 blog. That’s a “Just OK” price in my opinion. But you can purchase an unlimited-use license for only $97 which allows you to put it on an unlimited amount of blogs that you own. Now that’s a much better deal. That is the option we chose, as we plan on using the theme on several blogs we have in the works.
As for this site, I had the basic layout done before we purchased Carl’s theme, otherwise I probably would have used that one right out of the box. So, what I did was I kept the same theme I had already purchased from Revolution Two and took some of my favorite sections of the Ultimate Blogging Theme and combined them to create Making Money Online Dot Com. I also added a few of my favorite plugins, and that was basically it.
Another cool thing that Carl gives you with the purchase of his theme is a complete video tutorial on how to set your entire blog up. It makes setting up a site super simple. I wish everything came with video tutorials, as it would make like much easier.
If any of you out there have purchased the Ultimate Blogging Theme already and are using it for your blog… please submit your site’s URL in the comments box below so we can take a peek at it, and hopefully send you some additional traffic.
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Curious Little Person on Sat, 27th Jun 2009 12:16 pm
From what I see is that you guys have started in the month of June… If this is your first month, your actually doing a great job
Keep up the good work!
Cheers
Sandeep
Doug Dillard on Mon, 29th Jun 2009 1:25 pm
Thanks Sandeep! Yes, we just opened the site a couple of weeks ago, but spent quite a bit of time making sure the layout was just right before we went live.
Jared | The Money Cult on Thu, 30th Jul 2009 6:04 pm
Thanks Doug, Will have to check it out, might actually have some funds profits next month for a real theme starting to do some investigating.
Also side note I read your comment post earlier you might want to checkout comment luv wordpress plug-in give link back to commenter latest blog post. You can check it out on my site.
Doug Dillard on Thu, 30th Jul 2009 6:11 pm
Yours has CommentLuv and Reply links… cool. I was not sure if that was possible as most sites that I see with CommentLuv do not have the option to reply to individual comments in a thread. For some reason the plugin I use does not play well with CommentLuv.
SEO Writer on Fri, 31st Jul 2009 1:41 pm
I’ve purchased Studio Press themes a whole lot. I love them and they way that they have been customizable is awesome. Recently, its been a little more difficult but, Brian makes time to help me out personally. That’s quality customer service!
Tony
Doug Dillard on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:18 am
Brian and all the gang at Studio Press are awesome!
Benjamin Cip on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:02 am
I really like this theme… that’s why I bought it. They will soon realise a new version called Ultimate Blogging Theme 3,0 with new comments features… sounds really interesting.
Doug Dillard on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 10:17 am
Your site is looking GREAT by the way Ben
I am looking forward to seeing the new comment features they come out with as well!
Benjamin Cip on Wed, 5th Aug 2009 11:04 am
As long as the upgrade is free, I would upgrade it! By the way, how did you change the whole blog? Any hint? I would like to make my blog look better than now.
Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment on Thu, 6th Aug 2009 5:15 pm
Wow, this Carl guy is definitely on top of his game. I had never heard of him before now. And his Ultimate blog theme looks like it delivers on all of the promises that he makes. As far as paying for previously made themes go, this one looks like a good deal. You know that it comes from someone who has walked the walk and doesn’t just talk the talk.
Doug Dillard on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 10:19 pm
Yeah… Carl has been around for several years now and he is best known for being #1 in Google for the search term, “Make Money Online” for years… plus he is SUPER YOUNG! He is still up at the top, but I don’t think he is #1 at the moment. He did create an awesome theme though!
Sire on Fri, 7th Aug 2009 5:51 pm
Like many bloggers I have changed many themes, and while there are many free themes available I wanted something more professional and so because of all the hype I bought Thesis and was sorely disappointed. Sure it was good, but it wasn’t as easy to configure as they made it out to be.
So the hunt resumed until I found the present theme that I use on eight or so of my blogs and each one has a unique feel about it.
Doug Dillard on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 10:16 pm
Theme selecting is tough Sire, as there always seems to be another cool one that comes along. You definitely seem to have chosen a great design. As for Thesis… what didn’t you like about it?
Sire on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 11:08 pm
It was promoted as a theme that could be used straight out of the box, and that everything could be controlled by the control panel, but that just isn’t so. Still I paid for it and so I use it on my loadofbullshit.com blog. Poetic justice huh?
Sire´s last blog ..Why I Am Not Such A Social Person
Doug Dillard on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 11:14 pm
That is poetic justice
People sure do swear by Thesis though. I was going to get it just to play around with it… but I think I will hold off for a while. Thanks!
Sire on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 11:39 pm
There is a free version of my theme called flexibilty which will give you a really good idea of what I use for my theme.
Sire´s last blog ..Why I Am Not Such A Social Person
Doug Dillard on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 11:44 pm
Cool… thanks Sire!
Lee Ka Hoong on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 12:58 am
That’s a nice wordpress theme, this is a SEO optimized themes. I’ve planned to get it but after I knew that a lot of people bought it and it was not unique anymore. I personally like a unique themes that no one is using. Anyway, it’s a nice theme!
Btw, are you designing this makingmoneyonline blog theme yourself Doug?
Regards,
Lee
Doug Dillard on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 10:12 pm
Lee… I put most of it together, but had our programmer do a lot of the CSS stuff, as I am not really good at that.
Lee Ka Hoong on Tue, 11th Aug 2009 4:03 am
Having a programmer partner is really good, if I don’t know about these then I need to spend money to hire someone to do this for me. I always want to have a customize theme for my blog, but customize theme is really expensive. I’ve asked UniqueBlogThemes for quotation before, it was about $2500 if I’m not mistaken.
Anyway, you have a great theme indeed!
Regards,
Lee
Doug Dillard on Tue, 11th Aug 2009 8:09 am
Thanks Lee! I don’t have a partner that is a programmer either. We use someone we found on Elance for programming stuff.
Lee Ka Hoong on Fri, 21st Aug 2009 7:43 pm
Oh I see, how much you all spent to get people to design this theme Doug? I do like to own a customize theme for my blog but I have limited budget, can you recommend a theme designer for me?
Regards,
Lee
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Jim Hardin on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 5:17 pm
Hey Doug!
Great site! Its well laid out and looks professional. I have been searching for a new theme and I just might go for the Ultimate Blogging theme. I just got to your site so I am going to have a look around.
Jim
Jim Hardin´s last blog ..How to Build Better Relationships
Doug Dillard on Mon, 10th Aug 2009 10:11 pm
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment Jim… we do appreciate it! Also, thanks for the compliments on the site design. It is a work in progress, but we are pretty pleased how it is coming along… and it is great to hear feedback like yours letting us know we are going in the right direction.
As for the Ultimate Blogging Theme… it is a great theme and it comes in several colors which we really like
afzal on Sat, 15th Aug 2009 12:50 am
Hmmm… nice theme and match with my niche. I just setup my site and decide to maintain with current theme for a while.
afzal´s last blog ..Go Affiliate to Make Money on Internet
Ana on Tue, 15th Sep 2009 2:03 pm
Hello Doug,
I like how you have introduced this theme to us, as it shows your appreciation for the creators work. It’s inspiring to hear about people who create such designs and make it to meet their users functionality. I also like what you have done with your site, incorporating your favourite sections of the Ultimate Blogging Theme to that of your existing Revolution Two theme. That shows persistence and passion in making the most of what you want to achieve through use of your creativity.
Your article is inspiring.
Kind regards and thank you for visiting my blog and posting such a useful reply on framing.
That really does help.
Ana´s last blog ..Bare pureness
Mark Smith on Wed, 16th Sep 2009 2:54 pm
Ana,
Having a partnership in this blog can be confusing. Doug does the lion’s share of posts on this site, and he gets all the credit for great posts and comments! I on the other hand, am happy to work behind the scenes and let Doug shine.
I like your website as well, and was glad to offer some useful tips in regards to framing your wonderful watercolor paintings. It is amazing how diverse our community is, and how helpful we can be to each other.
Thanks for your comments, and I will talk to you again on your blog.
Sincerely,
the other Doug, Mark
Marko on Sun, 3rd Jan 2010 8:01 am
The theme looks nice. I guess it’s good for those people who want a theme that works out of the box.
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